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| Siemens Westinghouse: Science Competition |
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Deadline is approximate.
Math, Science, Engineering, and Technology Competition for students working individually or in teams on a research project.
The Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology recognizes remarkable talent early on, fostering individual growth for high school students who are willing to challenge themselves through science research. Through this competition, students have an opportunity to achieve national recognition for science research projects that they complete in high school. It is administered by The College Board and funded by the Siemens Foundation.
About the Competition
The Siemens Foundation, in partnership with the College Board, established the Siemens Competition. The Competition promotes excellence by encouraging students to undertake individual or team research projects in science, mathematics, engineering and technology or in combinations of these disciplines. In 1999, the Foundation hosted the first national Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology. With its high academic standards, rigorous judging process and emphasis on authentic scientific research, it has quickly become the leading science and mathematics research-based competition for high school students in the United States.
Why Should You Participate?
The Competition promotes high academic standards in math, science and technology and gives you an opportunity to further your research skills. It is nationally recognized and highly regarded by the most prestigious colleges and universities. Participating in the program may open new doors in pursuit of your educational and career objectives. The Competition provides you an opportunity to meet other students who share your interest in research, talk with distinguished scientists and, of course, win a scholarship for college. Scholarships for winning projects range from $1,000 for regional finalists to $100,000 for national winners. You can compete as an individual or as a member of a team.
Online Candidate Registration
Every individual entering a Research Project in the Competition must register online before the deadline of October 2, 2007, 5:00 p.m. ET. You are strongly encouraged to register several weeks prior to the deadline date. This will allow you sufficient time to obtain the required signatures. For a team project, the team leader must register online and provide the names, addresses, principals and schools of the other team members. Homeschooled students should obtain the signature of the school district official responsible for such programs. If your state does not require district supervision for homeschooling, the parent's signature is acceptable.
Carefully review the Research Project Instructions 2006-2007 before you register. If you experience technical difficulties or have questions, please contact the College Board by calling 800 626-9795, ext 5849 or by emailing spro@collegeboard.org.
How to Register
If you are currently a collegeboard.com user, go to Candidate Registration and sign in. This will take you to the online registration for the Competition. All the instructions you will need to complete the registration are on this page.
If you are not a collegeboard.com user, go to Candidate Registration and sign up as a new user. Once you have completed the sign-up process, you can access the online registration information for the Competition with your new user name and password at any time.
There are three phases to the Siemens Competition:
Initial Phase
Applications are due to Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ by 5 p.m. Eastern Time, October 1.
Students may enter as individuals or as part of a team. Entries are "blind read" by a panel of judges assembled by The College Board and its partner Educational Testing Service. The judges have related expertise to the project being reviewed. They do not know anything about the student; papers are judged solely on the merits of the abstract and supporting documentation.
From this initial review up to 300 projects are selected as semi-finalists. Students' names will posted on the Siemens Foundation website Friday, October 20, 2006.
Second Phase - Regional Finals
The regional finalists are selected from the list of semi-finalists by the initial phase judges.
Up to thirty individual students and thirty teams (of 2 or 3 students) are chosen to compete at six regional competitions hosted by our partner universities MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, UT Austin and UC Berkeley . Students are generally assigned to the university geographically closest to their home. Regional Finalists names will be announced on the Siemens Foundation website.
As "Regional Finalists", students present to a panel of judges from the host university. They are expected to display a poster presentation of their project and give a twelve minute oral presentation, followed by an intensive Q&A. Individuals are compared to individuals, teams to teams.
Students who win their regional competition receive a silver medal and scholarships of $3,000 (team members receive $6,000 to be divided equally between team members) and go on to compete at the national event in New York City. Each runner-up receives a bronze medal and a $1,000 scholarship. Winners' names are posted on the Siemens Foundation website the Monday following the regional event.
Each high school that has a regional finalist will receive a $2000 award (per project) to be used to support science, mathematics and technology programs in their schools. In the event a finalist is home schooled, the award will be given to the school district or the high school associated with the home schooling.
Competition Schedule - see website
At the national finals students compete against all the winners of the regional events, a total of six individuals and six teams. They experience the same rigorous judging procedures as the regional events by a panel of professional scientists. As national finalists, students receive a gold medal.
The top individual and top team each receive $100,000 scholarships. Runners up receive scholarships ranging from $10,000 to $50,000.
The Regional Competitions - Our University Partners
A key component of the Siemens Competition experience are the regional events that take place during November, hosted by six prestigious universities across the U.S. with which the Siemens Foundation has partnered. The universities provide the site, facilities and judges for the regional events as well as host the dinners and schedule the guest speakers.
University Partners
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Carnegie Mellon University
Georgia Institute of Technology
University of Notre Dame
University of Texas at Austin
Stanford University |
| Siemens Westinghouse |
To promote high academic standards in math, science and technology and give students an opportunity to further research skills.
What is the Siemens Foundation?
The Siemens Foundation, a not-for-profit corporation, was established in 1998. The Foundation engages exclusively in charitable, scientific and educational activities, including those that stimulate interest in, and encourage the pursuit of collegiate and advanced studies, particularly in all fields of science, mathematics and technology. Its cornerstone programs are the Siemens Competition and the Siemens Awards for Advanced Placement.
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Applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents. Individual submissions are to be from high school seniors only. Teams of up to three members can be made up of 9th- to 12th-grade high school students. Research projects are to be from one of various fields.
Astrophysics and astronomy
Biochemistry
Bioengineering
Biology
Biostatistics
Chemistry
Computer Science
Electrical Engineering
Genetics
Geology
Materials Science
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Physics
See website for further information (http://www.siemens-foundation.org/categories.htm). |
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